The purpose of this article is to reconstruct Sartre’s critique of selected elements of Freud’s psychoanalysis as far as the emotions theory is concerned. I am analysing those assumptions of Freud’s teachings which became subjected to Sartre’s critique and why. I also point out the fact that some of the elements of psychoanalysis where emphasised by Sartre as important for the development of the emotions theory. My deliberations are based largely on Sartre’s Sketch for a Theory of the Emotion.
This article picks certain motifs from Jean-Paul Sartre’s philosophy on the structure of human subjectivity and juxtaposes them with reflections based on phenomenological psychopathology by Thomas Fuchs. The three ‘dimensions’ of human subjectivity, as distinguished by Sartre and Fuchs, are compared: the feeling of self, the feeling of the other and the feeling of time. Consequently, the existential feelings described by Sartre are connected with mental disorders distinguished by Fuchs in an attempt to recognise a place for Sartre’s theory of existentialism in the most recent discussion on phenomenological psychopathology.
The aim of this article is to redefine the concept of mindfulness in the context of the philosophy of existence. The discussion starts with recognising the importance of awareness in both concepts and similarity in their intuitive attempts at defining it. Both mindfulness experts and representatives of the philosophy of existence put emphasis on experiencing things directly, being attentive and aware, which they use as a basis for theories of relationships recognised as essential in seeking to define who a person is. The author tries to find a new context for the concept of mindfulness in the tripartite division of human relationships adopted by the philosophers of existence: relationships towards objects, towards other subjects, and towards oneself. It is used to analyse three approaches to mindfulness: being aware of one’s environment, other subjects, and oneself. Consequently, the author seeks not only to redefine and update the classical concepts of the philosophy of existence, but also to analyse the theory of mindfulness in a different philosophical context, and perhaps suggest new ways of interpretation in this area.